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Lot 1616 ♣ - S20 An important private collection of antique cutlery - Thursday, 21. March 2024, 10.00 AM

LARGE FOLDING OR TRAVELING TOOL PROBABLY FOR A GARDENER

German or Dutch, ca. 1600.
Oval, slightly curved walnut handle, inlaid with engraved ivory and mother-of-pearl in the shape of two angels holding grotesque shields, surrounded by tendrils, in part with stylized blossoms. Scale band. The domed handle cap engraved with a rosette, the knob missing. The handle collar engraved with leaf decoration, the outermost ring rotating to lock the folding tools: three different blades and a saw. Various smith's marks and an old inventory number 180.
L 22.5 cm.
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Signs of use, iron parts corroded.

Provenance: probably Achille Jubinal Collection, Paris, circa 1874.

This example probably mentioned in: South Kensington Museum. Illustrated catalogue of a collection of antique cutlery lent to the South Kensington Museum by M. Achille Jubinal. London, 1874, no. 180.

The indication that this is a gardener's tool is taken from, for example, the Dorotheum auction catalog: Dorotheum auction catalog, Besteck-Sammlung Franz Emmerich Graf Lamberg. Vienna, 1912. p. 12, fig. 125. This multifunctional tool has three identical blades and similar design features on the handle. Another "Couteau de jardinier" (gardener's knife) from the 16th century. is in the Musée de la Renaissance Château d'Ecouen and has similar blade shapes (inv. no. EC99).

The item on offer comes with a trade license for the EU. Due to the use of protected materials, this object may not leave the EU.

Signs of use, iron parts corroded.The indication that this is a gardener's tool is taken from, for example, the Dorotheum auction catalog: Dorotheum auction catalog, Besteck-Sammlung Franz Emmerich Graf Lamberg. Vienna, 1912. p. 12, fig. 125. This multifunctional tool has three identical blades and similar design features on the handle. Another "Couteau de jardinier" (gardener's knife) from the 16th century. is in the Musée de la Renaissance Château d'Ecouen and has similar blade shapes (inv. no. EC99).The item on offer comes with a trade license for the EU. Due to the use of protected materials, this object may not leave the EU.


CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)

Sold for CHF 7 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.